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  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  that I would have such a reaction when I informed people about what I do ... It was 8:00pm on a Thursday night when I received a text message from a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  After going through a quarter-life-crisis and switching a lot about ... ". If any of those words gave you a giddy feeling, you should absolutely ... taught it, Fall 2012, he earned a 6.8/7.0 teaching score in the end of term

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even though it's a summer course) THAT COMBINES BIOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA AND LETS ... (Creating Digital Learning Materials for Biology) This course is a student

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  , preparing mentally for the arduous rides ahead. After a particularly hilarious ... cart for a store fixture, attempting to remove items for their own use. After a night’s rest, the team woke up and cooked breakfast, then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  catch you guys up on what I've been doing. I will start it with a post ... It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course ... of a blogger's life, having so much to blog but not enough time to

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  by engaging in a chess match there. However, he has sought political ... wake up for a 1 PM lunch with some of my marching bandmates from high ... one where Spock says "Logic is a little bird, chirping in a meadow." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished ... of a scientist she was until I read the book. Hell, I didn't even realize she was a scientist. I never really thought about it much, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  thinking about writing a blog post about advice for high school seniors but I ... human interactions in the built environment and data as a change agent. By ... all the buzzwords. On the other hand, I think I got a lot out of this

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  wrote about all the clubs and classes I was doing. I've decided to revisit ... : Framing of major news events has a non-significant influence on viewers ... and full-length comic book narratives across a variety of genres, while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  -mart, central. there are many choices for ramen here. unfortunately, going with a conservative, simple choice is usually better. the central ramen (shoyu) is a good idea. the broth is slightly clear and has a coat of oil on top. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that ... -1pm, Hotel @ MIT The UFLC will be a forum for active student leaders ... : Smashing the Ceiling 8pm, 10-250 This concert features Magdalen Hsu-Li, a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  rest of the world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging ... Blogging the Ring Premiere is a big deal. Like, really, it's a big ... JKim. The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  In sixth grade, even if you had a crush on someone, you would never ... bizarre. The worst thing that can happen is much worse than a simple no. Don ... something is much higher than simply hearing a no. If I invest time and energy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  finally received an interview from a small start-up. The interview went fine ... said. A day later, I received an offer from the company. It was a little ... qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’s a college thing but part of me feels like I’ve gotten away with ... colored pen, looking out the window at a Cambridge street below. Ambulances scream past, sometimes five in a week, and my computer, hearing the noise

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  , which is a large room in my dorm, Burton Conner, so all i have to do to be ... yesterday was a really shitty day.  a lot of annoying and stressful ... bother fixing it since my motherboard is a goner. it took about six

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... this trip to a) explain why I might be uncharacteristically quiet on the ... opportunities and events, and c) illustrate the bicoastal life that I (and a lot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... actually No. 6) and New House. It's the tall one that looks like a hospital ... nine entries, A-J (minus I because it's ~imaginary~), in a highrise stack

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop ... . (PS the airport was super cool and I saw a Dreamlifter in real life and ... right next to an aircraft-carrier-converted-into-a-museum with some dope

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017